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Finance, Governance and Public Safety Committee — Meeting Minutes (Feb 3, 2026)

Kansas CityFeb 3, 20263 min read

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Committee (Andrea Bough, Quinton Lucas, Crispin Rea, Darrell Curls, Wes Rogers) met Feb 3, 2026. The committee advanced multiple finance and administrative items including authorization of $658,000 financing for municipal golf equipment; creation of the City Hall Centennial Fund (Fund No. 6435); a contract amendment with the Economic Development Corporation to continue administering the ProspectUs Plan with a $166,224 fund transfer; termination of multiple phases of the Universal Floodwater Detention TIF plan and reallocation of approximately $5.5 million to capital projects; amendments to guarantee the public Right to Counsel annual report; overhaul of economic development incentive policies (committee substitute); and updates to Municipal Court code. Several items were held for future committee dates. The agenda allowed for a possible closed session on specified legal, real estate, personnel, labor, bidding, audit, and sealed-bid matters.

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Universal Floodwater Detention TIF ProspectUs Equitable TOD General Development Economic Development Southwest Boulevard Redevelopment ProspectUS Equitable Transit Oriented Development

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Approved (Adv and Do Pass, Consent) financing proposal from Banc of America Public Capital Corp. to acquire municipal golf course equipment and appropriated $658,000 in Fund 3230 (Ordinance 260085).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass, Consent) establishment of Fund No. 6435, the City Hall Centennial Fund, and directed the City Manager to recommend revenue sources and a prioritized list of City Hall capital projects (Ordinance 260090).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass, Consent) First Amendment to contract with the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to administer the ProspectUs Equitable TOD Strategic Plan and reallocated/appropriated $166,224 between City funds to support the amendment (Ordinance 260095).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass) acknowledgement that 23-year capture periods expired for multiple phases of the Universal Floodwater Detention TIF Plan; terminated those phases and the Plan; declared and dissolved associated special allocation funds; and reallocated ~$5,500,000 in the Capital Improvements Fund ($4,000,000 to Front Street Topping to Universal Project and $1,500,000 to Levee Trail Project) (Ordinance 260096).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass) amendment to Chapter 35 (Housing) to repeal and reenact Section 35-23 to clarify and guarantee the annual Right to Counsel report is a public document (Ordinance 260139).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass as Committee Substitute) directing the City Manager to revise economic development incentive policies, require public and agency input, direct the City Auditor to review economic development entities, and enact a new Chapter 74 (Ordinance 251058).
Approved (Adv and Do Pass as Committee Substitute, Consent) amendments to multiple sections of Chapter 2 to update Municipal Court operations (Ordinance 251071).
Held until February 24, 2026: Second Amendment to the General Development Plan for the Southwest Boulevard Redevelopment Area (Ordinance 260094).
Held until February 10, 2026: Resolution directing establishment of an Office of Grants Management (250553) and multiple Mayor-sponsored items including prohibiting certain psychoactive substances (251028), establishment of the Economic Development Oversight Board (260066), standard incentive package administrative processes (260067), Midtown Justice Campus site/design review (260071), and Sister City/Friendship City policy (260072).
Authorized the City Manager to execute (and/or considered) a $3,200,000 cooperative agreement with the American Jazz Museum for Phase I redevelopment funding (Ordinance 260143); item noted in minutes and listed as held in committee.

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